Ch. 36: Can I Pray?

Sariel's point of view

Following our icebreaker, we finally reached the top. We just wanted to see the view from above, but we left our stuff down below.

Though I was excited and rushed earlier, I was the last to reach the top. It turns out that it's quite exhausting, and I now understand why the others were complaining earlier. I had to crawl up again, and now my feet hurt. I removed my Birkenstocks once more to protect them from potential damage—they are quite costly, after all. I am such a fool for wearing a fashionable outfit that is not suitable for hiking at all.

“Wow, this is it? It’s wonderful to be here,” Kaelyn exclaims, grinning as she records a video with her expensive phone.

“Yeah, thanks to Ate Sera, this is my first time hiking,” Aster says, turning to give me a wink.

“Well, we should do this more often since the owner has changed, right